Web Page Evaluation Form
Name
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Search Engine
1. What search engine did you use? .
2. What type of search engine was it?
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3. What search terms did you use? Boolean logic?
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4. Name of document
Http://
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5. Check all that apply. This site provides access to:
 research information 
links to related information 
student projects
 questions and answers 
communication with experts 
material for teachers
 interactives 
multimedia elements  graphics
 advertisements
 other:
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Authority/Publishing Body
6. Who is responsible for creating/maintaining the page?
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7. What are his/her credentials of affiliation?
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8. Is the author's e-mail address included on the page?
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9. The author is associated with:
 K-12 school 
university  government
agency  organization 
company
 other:
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Referral to/Knowledge of Literature
10. Where did the author get the materials?
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11. Is the source credited on the page? 
Yes  No
12. Is the copyright information provided? 
Yes  No Accuracy or Verifiability of Information
13. Does the information appear to be accurate? 
Yes  No
14. Could you have gotten the information elsewhere? 
Yes  No
If yes, which print or nonprint
source(s) would have worked as well?
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Point of View/Bias
15. Is there a bias or point of view? 
Yes  No
Please describe
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16. Is the information presented to 
Inform  Persuade 
Other: Currency/Functionality
17. Are there links to other sites? 
Yes  No
18. Are those links useful? 
Yes  No
19. Are the links still active? 
Yes  No
20. Is the page updated regularly? 
Yes  No
21. Is the last date it was updated available? 
Yes  No
22. Was the page easy to navigate? 
Yes  No
23. Was there an image map or index to the site? 
Yes  No
24. Were the graphics meaningful or just "flash"?
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25. After thinking about the above questions, is this website/page
a reliable source for information?
Explain your answer.
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